The Southern Subculture of Drinking and Driving: A Generalized Deviance Model for the Southern White Male

246 Pages·1996·23.48 MB·English

by  Julian B. Roebuck, Komanduri S. Murty

T h e S o u t h e r n S u b c u l t u r e
o f D r i n k i n g a n d D r i v i n g
cur r ent issues in cr iminal just ice
VOLUME 17
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The Southern Subculture
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by Laurence French
A Generalized Deviance Model
Media, Process, and the Social for the Southern White Male
Construction of Crime by Julian B. Roebuck
Studies in Newsmaking Criminology and Komanduri S. Murty
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Jul ia n B. Ro e buc k
Ko ma n d u r i S. Mur t y
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roebuck, Julian B.
The Southern subculture of drinking and driving : a generalized deviance
model for the Southern white male / by Julian B. Roebuck, Komanduri S.
Murty.
p. cm. - (Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1107)
(Current issues in criminal justice ; v. 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8153-2376-X (alk. paper)
1. Drinking and traffic accidents-Social aspects-Southern States.
2. Drunk driving-Social aspects-Southern States. 3. Alcoholism-Treat-
ment-Southern States. I. Murty, Komanduri Srinivasa. II. Title.
III. Series. IV. Series: Garland reference library of social science. Current
issues in criminal justice; 17.
HE5620.D7R63 1996
363.12'51-dc20 95-53726
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-8153-2376-1 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-138-98264-2 (pbk)
To our respective wives and children:
Elizabeth, Marybeth, Lance, Julian and Mary Elizabeth
Andal, Vandana and Chandana

CONTENTS
Series Editors' Foreword ix
Preface xi
I. Drunk Driving as a Social Problem 3
II. DUI Subgroup Studies, Frame of Reference,
and Methodology 13
III. Analysis of Arrest History, Sociodemogra-
phics, and Social Psychological Characteristics 49
IV. The Analysis of the Subsample of 311 White
Male DUI Offenders 63
V. DUI Deterrence, Treatment, and Mechanical
Control Measures 153
VI. Summary and Conclusions 165
Endnotes 179
Appendices 183
References 205

Series Editors' Foreword
Volumes in the Current Issues in Criminal Justice series
focus on scholarship, original thought and research, and
readability. This one is no different. Julian B. Roebuck and
Komanduri S. Murty have produced a volume that will be of
vital interest to those who study and create policy on drunken
driving — one of the more enduring social problems of the past
two decades.
The volume has two major components that make it unique
in the drunken driving literature. First, Roebuck and Murty
focus on drunken drivers themselves and, through the use of a
large dataset, add to our knowledge of that group of people by
describing their characteristics. Second, and perhaps more
important, Roebuck and Murty delve into the phenomenology of
the drunken driver through a lengthy interview process. Thus,
we begin to understand what drinking and driving means to
those who do it and the cultural circumstances under which it
occurs. The results of their inquiry yield lessons for most of our
attempts at controlling this social problem, particularly so for
those who subscribe to deterrence and rational theories of
human behavior.
Roebuck and Murty's work is an excellent example of
original scholarship being brought to bear on a contemporary
issue. Indeed, we believe that this volume has important
implications for policy makers who carefully read what the
authors have to say.
Frank P. Williams III
Marilyn D. McShane